Troopers said a lifelong friend of Morena’s was able to contact him over the radio and asked if they could talk. Troopers said Morena told his friend he wouldn’t fire at him; he just wanted to kill the VPO.

Morena’s friend met him in the street, troopers said, and convinced him to surrender his weapon.

Troopers said Morena’s elderly mother, who is deaf and blind, was home at the time but had no knowledge of anything going on. According to AST dispatch, troopers who executed a search warrant on Morena’s home found evidence of homebrew alcohol manufacturing.

Morena has been taken to the Kotzebue Jail, where he is awaiting arraignment. He’s charged with second-degree attempted murder, manufacturing alcohol and possessing ingredients for homebrew, misconduct involving a weapon and third-degree assault, troopers said.